Question

Which of the following sentences from Lisa Wilson Strick essay, Nonsexist Child-Rearing: The New Parent Trap? is the best example of a thesis statement?

"Boys were expected to be rough-and-ready troublemakers, while girls were supposed to be pristine and demure."

"We found ourselves looking at our healthy, able children and feeling like failures."

"To develop such impossible well-rounded individuals some parents are going to extremes."

"Our visions of the perfect non-sexist human being sometimes blinds us to simple facts of nature."

Answer 1

The correct answer is D.
In this essay, Lisa Wilson Strick is advocating that a completely non-sexist parenting is nearly impossible in our society. She believes that parents should teach their children to accept others and themselves and appreciate the individual differences of human personality. By focusing on acceptance and tolerance, we could create a society where feminine and masculine traits are equally valued.